The Right To Myself

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 Lord, You are a true friend, so tell me about Your secret joys.  Too often it's all about me.  And that isn't fair to You.  You deserve an audience who cares about what You are concerned about.  Of course, i would think You care about everything because You are the only One capable of doing that.  Help me have the wisdom to be more humble and less selfish.  i'm so willing to wait on You and Your teaching.  i need more quiet time with You.  i need more quiet time with Your word, even though i'm not as receptive as i like to be or as understanding as i'd like to be.  Keep showing me the right and narrow way.  It's up to me to decide how willing i am to let go of the world and forsake its ways.  Help me seek and find whatever is in alignment with You according to Your Word.

i want to know about to whom i'm speaking.  So tell me Your joys.  This world is one huge net and You've promised to keep my feet in the right and narrow path.  It's up to me to decide that You, indeed, are everything to me because You're about everything and deserve to be about everything. Forgive me when i make my temperament and my own desires barriers to coming to You.  i can be so very easily distracted.  There is only one thing i can dedicate to You.  The right to myself.

Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good. - [Romans 12:21]  i seek and feel Your Spirit.  That's the best thing that can happen every minute of every day.  

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